Title:

EFFICIENT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF NONEQUILIBRIUM MASS AND HEAT TRANSFER IN FRACTURED GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS

Authors:

John W. Pritchett

Conference:

Stanford Geothermal Workshop

Year:

1997

Language:

English

File Size:

266KB

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Abstract:

Transient heat andor fluid mass exchange between the permeable fracture system and the surrounding relatively impermeable country rock can be treated in geothermal reservoir simulators using the ìMINCî technique. This
approach typically requires about an order of magnitude more computer time than the analogous ìporous mediumî problem. Under practical conditions, the problem can often be linearized. This paper presents some results using this ìlinearized MINCî approach. Two situations may
be treated-isothermal transient mass transfer between fractures and country rock, and nonequilibrium conductive heat transfer from the country rock to and from the fractures. No assumptions concerning the character of
the time-history of fracture pressure or temperature (such as monotonicity, for example) are required. Numerical reservoir simulations using the technique require little more computer time than the analogous porous medium problem.


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